Summary of Emily Jane Willingham Ph.D.'s Phallacy

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#1 The idea that fittest means having most power has taken root in some byways of evolution research, which emphasizes winning more than fitting. This focus on winning as an interpretation of evolutionary fitness means that evolutionary psychology itself becomes a philosophy for winners.

#2 The idea that ovulation is a sexual trap is based on the assumption that humans are monogamous, but research shows that about a 1 percent of children are born from extra-pair liaisons.

#3 The stripper study was conducted to see if women who work at a strip club earn more money when they are ovulating. The researchers found that the women who were not on hormonal birth control had their lowest tip levels during their bleeding days, peaks during the time leading up to the estrogen spike that triggers ovulation, and then edging up again in the days after ovulation.

#4 The authors concluded that tip fluctuations were due to the men detecting the women’s estrus, which motivated them to tip more. But women are so coy about their ovulation that if their steady fellow busts them, they’ll have plausible deniability.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822516410

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The idea that fittest means having most power has taken root in some byways of evolution research, which emphasizes winning more than fitting. This focus on winning as an interpretation of evolutionary fitness means that evolutionary psychology itself becomes a philosophy for winners.

#2

The idea that ovulation is a sexual trap is based on the assumption that humans are monogamous, but research shows that about a 1 percent of children are born from extra-pair liaisons.

#3

The stripper study was conducted to see if women who work at a strip club earn more money when they are ovulating. The researchers found that the women who were not on hormonal birth control had their lowest tip levels during their bleeding days, peaks during the time leading up to the estrogen spike that triggers ovulation, and then edging up again in the days after ovulation.

#4

The authors concluded that tip fluctuations were due to the men detecting the women’s estrus, which motivated them to tip more. But women are so coy about their ovulation that if their steady fellow busts them, they’ll have plausible deniability.

#5

We may never have had visible ovulation, but we still know when we are ovulating because we can see the signs of it on other animals. We can tell if someone would like to have sex by using our words, developing a social connection, and, if the moment feels right, asking.

#6

The author notes that in many evolutionary images, humans are depicted as living in hunter-gatherer societies, with the men as fearsome and carrying an erect weapon, and the women as huddling near the ground doing womanly things with plants or children.

#7

The enigma of the female orgasm is apparently insoluble, and it is up to the female to figure out how to achieve